as-told-to , bond-market , Business , Business / Artificial Intelligence , Business / Big Tech , Business / Companies , Business / Computers and Software , Business / Markets , Business / Social Media , business-idea , business-insider-today , business-strategy , Canada , Careers , CoECI News , contributor-2026 , E! Insider , Energy & Environment Newsletter , Finance , Gaming News Roundup , Gear / Gear News and Events , Global , Global Precipitation , global warming , globalstar , HEALTH , Home , House , insider-picks , insider-picks-guides , insider-reviews , insider-reviews-2021 , insider-today , internships , job-market , Markets , Markets & Festivals , News , newsletter , Newsletters , Nexstar Media Wire News , openai , People News , Personal Finance , personal-finance , Photovogue / Editorial / News , Politics / Politics News , Property / News , Real Estate , Reviews , reviews-rit-ads , san-francisco , Security / Security News , shop , Shop Beauty July 18, 2026 This essay as told is based on a conversation with Hamza Mostafa, 21, who lives in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Growing up, I wanted to work in the medical field like most of my family did. But after taking a computer science class in high school, my ambitions
READ MORE 
